Course reviews

This is my updated review of Lunchtime DGC. The amount of work by the DGOD Crew is phenominal! New layout is great. 3 new holes, All new baskets, improved tee-pads (new at a few tee's) and clean course make this a whole new disc golf experience. The wind can sometimes bust yer chops but cant do anything about that. If you havent played here since all the improvements have been made, get on it!! You wont be disappointed. Huge props to Dan Brown, Andy V., Vince E. and the Crew for thier hard work at maintaining and improving this course.

SHHHSHOOSH! Be Very, Very, Quiet! At some Point there is a Sign that States... To be Quite as Kids are Sleeping and to keep your Clapping and Cheering Volume Down or Something to that Effect. As to the course it"s good and different, just hope you like Playing as Mime. Some of the Tee's are Not Marked Well, so you Might be Looking around a bit. Really Open Grounds that Surround a Church... May Not be the Best Place for some Activities... Wink, Wink. Love'n the New Baskets!

Lunchtime delivers some fun, tricky holes with a lot of O.B. as well as ace opportunities. However, many of the tees are too short, undulating, and dangerous. Also, the baskets are just strange: very high off the ground with catchers of extremely wide diameter.

play here all the time now. just 6 miles away. home of DGOD and DGOD Night Riders on friday nights at 5:30pm. 2 tee pads for every hole but 5 they dont want us useing the long tee pad anymore, so use the short pad by the houses it still long. and hole 11 is 1 tee pad. fun fun fun. cant wait for the ice bowl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to DGOD keeping up the course!
This course is close to downtown portland, and on church property, but it has lots of pavement which means lots of out of bounds, however several ace chance shots.
Great course over all. Pastor of the church is very friendly.

this course is very good for being a small course. The space is used very well to provide a combination of technical shots elevation change, trees and a couple long open holes with some aceable holes too which is fun.

This course seems easy at first but when the winds kick up, which is quite often, look out! The greens here are well kept with chipped bark to showcase the beautiful Discatcher Pro Baskets. The OB on various holes keeps it interesting. Lots of hard work goes into this course and it is definitely noticeable.

awesome lil course,couple distance throws, few tech shots and a couple ace run shots all with elevation changes, fields,big and lil trees. great use of the grounds and always nice to see new improvements.many thanks to the volunteers that made this happen.i say b- cause mixed surface t-pads,signage is realy jacked for now, it is a lil hard to follow the first time you play it and the pin in the parking lot between parking stalls is a reach for a pin location although i do like it.i try to play this course every time im headin to or from portland and every time ive met another great person.

I have played this course three times in the last year and a half. Both times I came back there were noticable upgrades to the course. Two tee pads per hole. Nice baskets. I will be back. DGOD does really good things for this course!

A decent use of space for the grounds. Throwing over the parking lot is a bit dumb, and some holes in the trees are short, and bunched together. The hillside can be a gamekiller if you catch a roller. It's steep, with THICK blackberry bushes waiting at the bottom in some spots, and the highway at the bottom in other spots. Course could use better signage, but it's fun to play. Nice baskets, some decent up and down, overall pleasant course with replayability.

My first time playing at Lunchtime was in this years 2011 Icebowl, and all I can say is wow. If you are not prepared, this course can punish you, and If you do not take it seriously it will put your down. The use of elevation makes this course a gem right near the heart of downtown Portland. I can see now why so many regard this course so highly. It is the PERFECT lunchtime getaway.

Not being 18, some swampy footing, and tiny teepads are the only things that keep this form being an A. (the teepad being off angle from the mando on 6 is kinda bunk too...)

A very short course,distance and # of holes wise.
A fair amount of people play here on a regular basis, which I enjoy, since I solo alot.
just have to watch out for pavement landings on a few holes. it is a disc killer if you're not very accurate as a right handed sidearm, could have a much higher grade with a slightly better layout.

Kudos for creative use of space. Some of the holes are quite technical and challenging. Thanks to the access road and that ginormous parking lot, the potential to turn a new disk into a beat-to-hell flipper is considerable. Tees are not well marked. All in all, this would be a much more entertaining course if it weren't for the nagging feeling that you're trespassing in your cranky neighbor's back yard. This place puts out a weird vibe.

Poorly marked tee boxes on #4-8. Parking lot tees make for nerve wrecking drives, but it's clean, short holes, par 3 around the whole course makes for a fun non competitive round. Final thoughts : if I lived one surrounding apts this would be a fantastical course, but committing to a 20 min drive from different parts of pdx makes this course underwhelming upon your first visit.

Pros: There are A and B tee offs w/ markers and hole length info either concrete or rubber surfaces. A nice community contribution from a church w/ 12 holes offered. The course flows very well. Challenging holes in the back wooded areas (B tees offer ace potential in these areas). Great diversity in terrain lengths and heights levels!!! Friendly locals. A few park benches to sit and relax on by the wooded area.
Cons: Lots of gopher holes and tall grass in the open fields so be careful where y ... continue reading ›

Pros: There are A and B tee offs w/ markers and hole length info either concrete or rubber surfaces. A nice community contribution from a church w/ 12 holes offered. The course flows very well. Challenging holes in the back wooded areas (B tees offer ace potential in these areas). Great diversity in terrain lengths and heights levels!!! Friendly locals. A few park benches to sit and relax on by the wooded area.

Cons: Lots of gopher holes and tall grass in the open fields so be careful where you step. The baskets are really tall and seem to have an excess of tight chains… thus I think seems to be the reason they deflect the discs often. Also the back wooded area baskets would be great w/ a flag top marker due to some visibility problems. also course is hard to find for 1st timers (you have to drive thru a apartment complex to get to it)

Other Thoughts: A league plays every summer on Mondays from 6:00 pm so it may either encourage you to join if you want to play during that time... or turn you off. It is a fun course and challenging but could use some TLC also in my opinion hole #4 you throw across a parking lot and for me its fun but for others it may not be ( I recommend not parking in this area… but rather the upper parking lot located @ hole #1) and the last hole coming out of the wooded area has a real nifty tee (A) next aside an old rusty 1930's car frame that you throw across a dried up old river/ or dirt road? I find it cool to just hang out and chill there toss a few discs and enjoy a blast from the past. People drink a lot here so please dispose of your cans in the buckets provided rather than toss them in the trees as trash is a problem at this park. If you are heading south you can hit up "greenway" (about 5 miles drive) and if you go north you can hit "pier park" (about 15-20 miles drive)

Fun little course. Very non-traditional. Can't think of a better use the space surrounding the church/parking lot! Not long to play, but enough to satisfy. Can be a bit gusty as the hills are fairly exposed. Could use some better markers (took me three rounds to finally figure out what was going on with holes 4 - 6, the "parking lot" holes).

Half wooded, Half Open. Longest Hole is just under 600, some short technical holes. Goes through parking lot on 3 holes. Hole layout confusing at times. 4th tee is down the parking lot halfway on the lefthand side. 5th tee is on the right side of the parking lot (if facing away from church) between two curbs at edge of parking lot, 6th shoots over parking lot up onto field.

All in all, the parking lot and confusing layout is the only thing holding it back from a true gem. Still, a fun and challenging round with some nice holes that will make you want to go back.

EDIT: 4/13
I just played the new layout and think it is great. added technical holes are fun. was out when work crew were pouring new pads, lookin good, thanks guys for your hard work
Old Review:
For an in city course it has some distance holes which is great, that being said, it's still squished around the church and parking lot. I really appreciate the use of the churches land and wish that other organizations would reach out to the community by providing public use of otherwise fallow fie ... continue reading ›

EDIT: 4/13
I just played the new layout and think it is great. added technical holes are fun. was out when work crew were pouring new pads, lookin good, thanks guys for your hard work
Old Review:
For an in city course it has some distance holes which is great, that being said, it's still squished around the church and parking lot. I really appreciate the use of the churches land and wish that other organizations would reach out to the community by providing public use of otherwise fallow fields. In the design there were compromises made to play for the terrain, rather than fitting the play to the terrain. Again I know the primary use of this place is not disc golf, and I have skewed my rating accordingly to provide a fair rating of my experience from a players view. Many thanks to Greater Portland Bible Church for allowing us to share your space! ‹ less text